== !BluePrint for the S3 Framework ==

This area is to develop & enhance the S3 Framework wich is built on top of T2/Web2Py.

Current framework features are documented here: [wiki:DeveloperGuidelinesS3Framework DeveloperGuidelinesS3Framework]

 * [wiki:BluePrintAuthenticationAccess Authentication, Authorization & Accounting]
 * Breadcrumbs: http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/bbbbe2c60a8da2cf
 * [wiki:BluePrintCSS CSS Cleanup]
 * [wiki:BluePrintInternationalisation Internationalisation]
 * [wiki:BluePrintMany2Many Many to Many widget]
 * [wiki:BluePrintRepresent Represent split between HTML & non-HTML modes]
 * [wiki:BluePrintREST RESTful API]
 * [wiki:BluePrintSynchronisation Synchronisation]
 * [wiki:BluePrintWebSetup Web Setup]

 * User settings
  * person/settings
   * Loaded into session at login
   * Update session if table updated
   * Read from session whenever needed

 * Have a 'Search Resource' button in .comment next to 'Add Resource'
  * brings up a popup which provides options for advaned search (e.g. Person in Org X & Office Y, working on Project Z)
  * integrate into a single 'Search/Add Resource' button?

 * Widgets for module functionality which can be added to frontpage of site/module
  * Dashboard or key 'Add XXX Resource' forms
  * Same ones to embed in remote sites? (just include S3_PUBLIC_URL)
   * Widget functionality includes the 'code to embed in your site' option

 * Login widget on frontpage of site when logged-out

 * Context
  * Staff autocomplete (dropdown) in Projects should be filtered to those for this Organisation by default with a checkbox which can be unticked to 'View all'
  * Persons dropdown in staff should be filtered to those for this Organisation by default with a checkbox which can be unticked to 'View all'
  * Add/Edit Pledges menu item should just show you those relevant to (again a view filtered by default which can be unfiltered? Checkbox state dependent on role?):
   * Your Organisation(s)
   * Your Office(s)
   * Your Project(s)

 * Filtered views should also filter the exports in PDF/XLS/JSON/XML (KML/GPX, etc)

=== MVC Separation ===
Whilst Web2Py is fundamentally an MVC framework, it encourages pushing back as much as possible into the Controller, Model or even Module to gain the benefits of re-use of code & massively simplified prototyping.
 * http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/1bbf97d3a70d7c0b
 * http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/7da38e0d32d01076

If we think this could become problematic then we could choose to avoid this:
 * http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/f0eb6849c4c3fcfe

There is already support in the framework for this:
 * [wiki:DeveloperGuidelinesCRUDManual Manual Forms]
 * Form Field fragments: e.g. {{{views/form_name.html}}}

Q: Is it worth developing a version of the [wiki:BluePrintREST RESTlike controller] which uses Manual Forms instead of Tools/T2?

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